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DreamWorks Records: 450 335
Format: 12" LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl
Includes: Original graphics & lyrics inner sleeve
Cover Condition: VG++, Tiniest of tiny dents in the upper right corner. Rock solid rest-the-way-round! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Sounds FANTASTIC! Truly immaculate! Inner sleeve also near mint!
Release Info: In 2001 Souljacker was released, an album with a heavier feel and more rock-oriented sound than Daisies of the Galaxy. John Parish, previously of PJ Harvey's band, co-wrote most of the songs and played guitar on the album and first part of the tour. After Parish became a father, he was replaced with Joe Gore for the American leg of the Bus Driving, Band Rocking Tour. Koool G Murder played bass and keyboards and joined Eels on tour, jokingly introduced by E as "the other guy."
Unlike some of Everett's other albums, most notably Electro-Shock Blues, Souljacker is mostly based on stories of outsiders rather than on Everett's own life. Characters were inspired from various sources, including circus freaks ("Dog Faced Boy") and a recording engineer with an abusive past ("Bus Stop Boxer"). German director Wim Wenders called "Woman Driving, Man Sleeping" his favorite Eels song and he used it in the segment he directed for Ten Minutes Older. Wenders directed the video for "Souljacker part I", which reached #30 in the UK Singles Chart. The second track on the album, "That's Not Really Funny", was used as the theme tune to all three series of the BBC's animated comedy, Monkey Dust.
The strings used in the song "Fresh Feeling" were sampled from another Eels song, "Selective Memory" from Daisies of the Galaxy. "Fresh Feeling" was featured in season 1, episode 8 of the NBC show Chuck.
All songs written by E; additional writers in brackets.
1."Dog Faced Boy" (John Parish) – 3:17
2."That's Not Really Funny" (Parish) – 3:19
3."Fresh Feeling" (Koool G Murder) – 3:37
4."Woman Driving, Man Sleeping" (Parish) – 3:30
5."Souljacker part I" (Butch and Adam Siegel) – 3:15
6."Friendly Ghost" – 3:22
7."Teenage Witch" (Parish) – 4:44
8."Bus Stop Boxer" (Parish) – 3:42
9."Jungle Telegraph" – 3:39
10."World of Shit" (Parish) – 3:29
11."Souljacker part II" – 1:58
12."What Is This Note?" (Parish) – 2:28
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